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You have passed your due date and you had figured by now this whole pregnancy thing would be over and you would be playing with your newborn baby, but it did not. You are still carrying your baby and you are stressed out about whether this late pregnancy affects your baby or not. Your relatives and friends keep on contacting you to ask about your pregnancy which makes it even more stressful.

So, what do you do in such a situation? I’ll tell you what you shouldn’t do. Don’t skip your diet just because you have gone past the due date. Your body still needs enough food to provide energy and nutrients to you and your baby, both for the labor process and the breastfeeding process. Newmomvintage designed an infographic which will tell you Can Pregnant Women Eat Shrimp or not.So, you need to avoid all those curries and junk food and focus on only those foods which provide you with vitamins and minerals. In fact, you should definitely eat these 3 food items once you have become overdue.

Sardines

It is important to eat foods which contain DHA which is a brain-boosting omega-3 and will work even when you are overdue. It can also prevent postpartum depression which would be handy for you. You will find that Sardines are a great source of DHA and so should definitely be a part of your diet, even this late in your pregnancy. In fact, you should not stop the intake of DHA once the baby is born because DHA components can transfer through breastfeeding too. So, if you keep consuming DHA even after pregnancy, your baby will get higher DHA level too, through your breast milk.

Kiwi

You need to eat food which is protein rich and packed with vitamins and minerals. There is no reason to gorge on the fatty and junk food just because you are having a late pregnancy. It is important to make sure that you provide your baby with healthy foods at all time, more so since the food you eat will be transferred to your baby during breastfeeding too. So, eat nutrient-dense food which will not lead to bloating and will help you with relieving constipation. Kiwi is one such great food to have as it is packed with both fiber and vitamin C.

Apple pieces

An important food item to have when you are overdue is iron-packed food items. Iron can provide you with a lot of endurance and provide you with sufficient energy which you would definitely need during your labor. We all know labor is a tedious and energy-draining task and so a good intake of iron would help to overcome all these obstacles. Hence, you should not stop the intake of apple or berries. Don’t turn to ice cream or other comfort foods as they would just make you feel fuller and hinder your labor. Eat apple pieces, berries, carrots, celery sticks, etc. as these provide a lot of vitamins and minerals and will be good for both you and the baby. In fact, fruits would provide you with a delicious taste while filling you up with all the necessary vitamins.

Primary (baby) teeth serve important functions for your child’s dental health. They help your child to eat and speak, and they serve as space holders in your child’s mouth to ensure that permanent teeth grow in straight. They also are important for the jawbone and mouth muscles to develop normally.

Sometimes a child’s baby tooth comes out too soon. For example, it may be lost due to an injury or accident, or it may need to be removed due to decay. Problems can develop if the space from the missing tooth does not remain open. The neighboring teeth may crowd out space where the permanent tooth should come in, and other teeth may grow in crooked. To help prevent future problems and avoid expensive orthodontic treatment, we may place a space maintainer.

How is a space maintainer made?

A space maintainer is a dental appliance that fits into space where a primary tooth (particularly a molar) is missing. It may be made of metal, plastic, or resin materials, and it is created specifically for your child’s mouth.

In some types of space maintainers, a band or crown is fitted directly over one of the adjacent teeth. A wire loop or splint, braced against the adjacent tooth, is custom-crafted to hold the space open. In other types of space maintainers, a set of bands and wires are fitted into the arch of your child’s mouth.

Some types of space maintainers are removable, while others are bonded in place. Some leave a visible open space, while others may have a realistic-looking tooth to cover the space. We will discuss with you the available options that best fit your child’s dental situation.

It may take a couple of appointments to fit your child for a space maintainer. During the first visit, we take an impression of your child’s mouth. This is used to create a precise model so that the space maintainer can be created individually. During the next visit, we place the space maintainer and check that it fits properly.

How to care for your child’s space maintainer?

Space maintainers are very small and inconspicuous. Although your child may be conscious of the space maintainer at first, after a couple of days, the mouth should feel normal.

To protect the space maintainer, remind your child to:

Avoid chewing gum, sticky foods, or hard foods and ice.

Avoid pushing or pulling on the space maintainer with the tongue or fingers.

Keep the area clean (just like the rest of the teeth) with regular brushing and flossing.

When your child comes in for regular checkups, we will examine the space maintainer to ensure that it still fits properly and that the area is clean. We will also monitor the emerging permanent tooth so that when the time comes, we can remove the space maintainer.

Your child has the looks and the attitude but should you expose him or her to infant modeling? There are a lot of celebrities and personalities that have started modeling at very young ages. Some got a good life out of it while others did not enjoy the same fate. It is but normal for any parent to consider venturing his or her child to infant modeling. However, it is still important that the parents know the ins and outs of such a venture.

If you are on the same page, here are some of the information you should know:

Scouting

Infant modeling is not an easy job. For one, your child must have a lot of modeling stints to keep his or her career going. Thus, it is important that you know where to look for possible modeling gigs. As this may be difficult for a lot of newbies, it is recommendable that you get your baby under the care of a modeling agency. This would lead us to the next topic.

Modeling agency

Agencies for modeling are mainly established to handle and pitch modeling talents to different clients. These institutions act as middlemen that take care of the facets of modeling. Agencies must be able to train and provide their talent with a reputable modeling gig. In turn, they also ensure that clients get models that they need. Being in the talent’s end, it is always best that you review the modeling contract before you sign. A sound modeling contract provides you a fair professional fee, protection and of course, countless modeling stints.

Erratic schedule

Modeling for babies or adults both have varying schedules that could go to the extremes. As such, it is a must for the parents to help their babies adjust to such time. Professionalism is always a matter of perspective in any type of modeling. One cannot complain that the talent is not in the mood to smile. Make sure that your baby can adjust to this kind of pressure.
Commitment

Modeling is always bound by contracts. Thus, the parent should be ale to determine his or her commitment to the job way before inking the contract. Breaches in agreements can permanently put off your baby’s modeling career. So, make sure that you and your baby has the right frame of mind before venturing into infant modeling.

What do we do about the violent adolescents? Good question. Here are some possible answers. Angry children need love. The older and angrier they get, the harder they are to love, and the more frightening they can become.

If you have an angry teenager in your home, extended family, your child’s school or your community, here are some ideas that may help:

Do everything in your power to get to know them.

Find out what they like to do and do it with them. That’s a stretch in some cases, but do the best you can. They will notice the effort. Stay true to yourself—if they see you trying to become like them, they’ll lose respect for you.

Ask them to tell you about the things they’re interested in. You may have to prove that you’re really interested before they will open up, but if you’re sincere and persistent, they will start talking.

Be a steady, loving presence in their life. You may have to forego some of your other activities, but if you have an adolescent who is possibly moving toward violence or suicide, it’s worth it.

Get in touch with your own healthy anger, so that you have the personal power and confidence to deal with the energy of adolescent anger.

Work to master humor and love. Find as many ways as possible to have fun with the adolescent and show your love. Make sure that you are pursuing the relationship for them, and not to fulfill some unmet needs from your own past.

Consult with other adults and parents who are good with teenagers. Watch how they interact with kids and learn from their example.

Pray. You’re going to need all the help you can get, and you need to know you are not alone in your mission to bring love to this unhappy child.

EMBRACING THE OUTCASTS AND MISFITS

This is simply impossible if you have outcasts and misfits in your own subconscious body/mind. So the first order of business here is to make sure you have found, embraced and made a place for the children within you that you or others may have found that represent remnants of memories that you have yet to resolve. These are the inner children that symbolize your pain, shame, and self-doubt.

Rest assured that the outcast child that you approach in the outer world will not accept your embrace if they see unresolved fear and anger in your eyes or actions.

Since we know that the outcasts and misfits are the children most likely to become violent, it only follows that we must pull them into the arms of love and/or acceptance, and find a place where they fit. If our system doesn’t have a place where a child fits, there’s something wrong with the system, not the child.

Look around you in your family and your community. Do you see the outcasts and misfits? The ones that seem to have no friends, or who only hang out with others like them? Look for the ones that don’t act “right,” are too this or too that or not enough of the other. Especially look for the ones that are not talking about their feelings, and seem to carry a lot of depression and/or anger.

Genius often hides in such places. If you are wise, healthy and dedicated enough to win an inroad to the heart and mind of one of these “personas non grata,” you may discover a hidden treasure. The movie “Good Will Hunting” depicts such a case, where an angry, violent misfit is also a gifted genius. The older movie “The Breakfast Club” also shows us the beauty in the shadow of the misfit.

Kindness and compassion will sometimes be greeted with doubt, fear and even anger at first. If you really mean it and have the courage to do so, you can penetrate that outer shell and touch the tender heart within. You may be saving someone’s life.

Consider the outcasts and misfits in your world to be unexplored territories of your own soul, undiscovered treasures waiting for you. The rewards will be as great for you as for those you help.

When we look deep enough into any living being, we find the face of God.

Teach this to your children, like Max did in the following example.

Max had come to me for almost four years, to heal from a very painful childhood, and to learn to manage his anger toward his wife. He was making excellent progress and was tapering off in his sessions.

Max’s son Derek was six years old, and the apple of his dad’s eye. Max was determined to give Derek the healthy guidance, love and positive role modeling he had never received as a child.

Smiling ear to ear, Max told me of some of his recent successes with his wife and son. “I have always been afraid I would end up homeless and living under a bridge. So, I decided to confront this fear a little more directly. After church, Sunday, Derek and I took about 40 hamburgers to the homeless people living under the overpass downtown. Derek loved it! Now he wants to feed all of the homeless people in the city. Those people were so grateful.”

Max was quiet for a moment, as he wiped his eyes and regained his composure. He had given a great gift to some outcasts and misfits, to his son, and to himself.

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Hello Everyone, I am Susain. I am working as a mentor for child care awareness and preventing child abuse.